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United Nations Theatre: Oscar award went to 'The Best Years of Our Lives' as 1946 best picture, San Francisco movie patrons were crowding United Nations Theater for premiere of the picture here, held for benefit of Call-Bulletin Welfare Fund for Children. Call-Bulletin, courtesy of San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #cinematreasures #sfneon #cinema #neonsigns

The Ocean Park Motel sign was designed by the motel’s owner, Mark Duffett. This 1937 stream-lined landmark is one of the best motels in San Francisco and one of the first. 2690 46th Avenue, 2014 photo by Al Barna from San Francisco Neon. #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #motel #motelcalifornia #oceanparkmotel #wanderlust #illuminatesf #alwayssf #vintageneonsigns #neon

Newscopy: "Market Street entrance of new Manning's restaurant and bakery storer at 5th and Market Streets, one of the largest of its kind in the world." Call Bulletin, courtesey San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary. #vintageneonsigns #neon #coffeeshop #sf #vintage #signgeeks #illuminatesf #sf #typographye #everything_signage  #signcollective #retrotype  #sfneon

Looking west on Haight Street, from Ashbury Street on a wet November 11th, 1944. In the background is the Haight Theatre, which closed 1964. Detail is the eye-catching projecting neon sign advertising Doctor S. Zwerling Optometrist. Photo courtesy of San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #cinematreasures #sfneon

The Hotel Carlton vertical sign hangs six-stories tall on the corner of this tourist hotel in the Tender Nob. We booked the room just above the large capital “C”, and Al hung onto me as I leaned out to capture the sign and street below. 1075 Sutter Street, 2015 photo by Randall Ann Homan, from San Francisco Neon #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #hotelcartonsf #wanderlust #illuminatesf #alwayssf #vintageneonsigns #neon

RKO clearly owned the Orpheum Theatre with "excitable" letterforms in neon for this run of the 1931 movie "Cimarron". Orpheum Theatre was builit in 1928 at 1922 Market Street. It has had many owners and transformations, but is still going strong as a live performance venue featuring Broadway shows. Photo courtesy of San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #cinematreasures #sfneon

The New Mission Theatre looms over 2550 Mission in 1964. Photo by Alan J. Canterbury, courtesy of San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #cinematreasures #sfneon

The Crown Theatre was located at 2555 Mission Street, directly across the street from the New Mission Theatre. The tall vertical blade sign was changed to Cine Latino in the summer of 1974, and screened Spanish-language films until the theater went dark in 1987. The Dr. Lee Roy Chiropractor neon sign and clock (far left side of photograph) still projects out over the sidewalk, now it is a bilingual sign that says Quiropractico/Chiropractor. Photo courtesy of San Francisco History Center @SFPublicLibrary. Collection of  J. E. Tillmany #sf #typographye #neon #everything_signage #signgeeks #signcollective #retrotype #cinematreasures #sfneon #vintagesanfrancisco #SanFrancisco